Stop trying to "protect" retail investors from themselves. We don't need your protection. We make our own decisions. You are just making the playing field uneven. I am fully educated in the risks of my own actions and spend many hours researching, running simulations and learning and I am satisfied with my own risk tolerances.
I already need special approval from the brokerage to trade these products. Leveraged and inverse funds are primarily used to hedge risk and lower volatility. These new regulations will disadvantage smaller investors. Do you want us to return to "selling short" to achieve our goals? If so, that would entail a great deal more risk.
This is a prime example of regulatory
Fidelity is going to offer bitcoin and youre going to limit leveraged etfs? How does that make sense. Bitcoin isnt even real.
Leveraged etfs have a place in a portfolio as part of a risk tolerant strategy, adding with bonds its easier to create the optimal portfolio mix for a given risk level. Its just a tool in the toolbox, why limit it?
I am responsible for my own investments, and for the risks I am willing to accept. Do not play big government that thinks it knows better than I do about the risks I am willing to accept. I am college educated and have been invested for decades. Please leave my investment decisions up to me and do not interfere with my right to invest as I please.
Public Investments should be available to the public according to their choice without restrictions. Out of the various Investments available, some choose the stock market understanding the risk and reward associated with it. Out of this only a small percentage of the people are involved in leveraged and inverse fund and they fully understand the added risks involved,
In this type of situation,
Im a financial advisor and only invest in these products for myself and have extensive knowledge in these securities and have been incredibly crucial to my investment strategy and DI NOT WANT TO LOSE ACCESS TO INVEST IN LEVERAGED ETFs. I am aware of the risks and the brokerage firms also make me well aware of the risks. Please do not take away access to invest in these securities!
Leveraged products provide an effective way to hedge a portfolio and should be left alone. If the concern is Retail traders not understanding the risks, then put a higher bar to entry to invest in them or limit options within 30 DTE or ban them from 401ks, but it is too much of an overreach to prevent retail investors from adding risk to their portfolios when they are comfortable with it.
Do not take away my rights to decide how, when, and what legitimate investments to make. I am in charge of my financial future and make decisions based upon my situation, risk appetite, and personal goals. I can read risk documentation to understand my decisions and DO NOT want regulators determining what is right for myself and family.
I don't need your protection from leverage risk, inverse funds, cryptocurrency or any other investment opportunity I find it laughable that inverse funds would even make you list, given all the downside risk currently being created and allowed by regulatory bodies. Protect me from the FED before you do anything else!
I believe that it is important to separate retirement investments into diverse vehicles reduce risk and protect investments over time. Please do not restrict our capability to invest in public investments including cryptocurrency funds. My family is more than capable of investigating, researching, and understanding the risk involved with investing a portion of our hard earned money in the funds
